LONDON: Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho said on Saturday that he is looking to return to football management this summer, but it would have to be the “right project.”
The Portuguese has been out of work since he was sacked by United in December.
Mourinho previously said that he had turned down “three or four job offers” and this week said he was in the process of “preparing” for the next one.
“I would like to be back in the summer in June for a new club and a new pre-season,” he said.
“I know exactly what I don’t want. I know what I want, in terms of not the specific club but the nature of the job, the dimension of the job.”
Mourinho had been linked with a return to his former club Real Madrid before the reigning European champions decided to reappoint Zinedine Zidane.
Mourinho, who also managed FC Porto, Chelsea and Inter Milan, said he misses “nothing at all” but that he was “not on holiday or bored with nothing to do.”
“I am working, preparing myself for the next one,” he added.
However, he did rule out taking a job with a national team.
Asked if he would be managing at the Qatar World Cup in 2022, he said: “I don’t think so. I like daily football, daily work, many competitions. I like matches and I want to stay in football club level.”
Mourinho has won two Champions League titles and eight league titles in a career that has spanned four countries and 17 years.
Jose Mourinho ‘preparing’ for June management return
Jose Mourinho ‘preparing’ for June management return
